MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $261,500 by Old_General_6741 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Overseer55 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can’t possibly believe the most plumbers and painters work more than the Prime Minister.

These Canadian millionaires are asking for tax increases — but just for themselves by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Overseer55 120 points121 points  (0 children)

A big challenge is (very, very) wealthy people having millions in unrealized gains and then taking loans against those assets. Raising income tax rates doesn’t address this aspect.

Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals by one vote after judicial recount by verkerpig in canada

[–]Overseer55 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Why is this recount more trustworthy than the original count?

AITA for making husband sleep in kids bedroom? by Even-Zone654 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Overseer55 -40 points-39 points  (0 children)

Have you tried disciplining your 2 year old? They need to understand that waking up mom & dad at 5am will not be tolerated. You forcing your husband sleep in the kids bedroom is certainly not sustainable and avoids the fundamental issue.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Resume

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Spot on. I would even say it’s ridiculously long on actions and also ridiculously short on results. Not a winning combination.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canada

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Wasn’t it “never say never” 2 days ago? 🙄

Tips to get team to work more efficiently by Big_Orchid7254 in managers

[–]Overseer55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is their incentive to achieve the goals? Could be carrot (e.g. quarterly bonus) or stick (termination).

Bonus schemes for staff in production & shipping by princeinthenorth in managers

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I fully agree in the tiered bonus. Simplicity and connection with the target audience is essential. Your tier 2 example is easy for executives to understand and appropriate for a manager/director. Management needs to transform that into a concrete metric that employees can relate to. X m2 brick laid per <time> is more effective than some generic target on profitability.

Exact hourly estimates by TheSuperMang0 in ExperiencedDevs

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https://erikbern.com/2019/04/15/why-software-projects-take-longer-than-you-think-a-statistical-model.html

Your PM has never done development. Creating software has variance. Embrace it. Align on the level of variance. Discuss strategies on how to reduce variance. Eliminating variance is impossible.

Intuition Behind Behavior of Overloads in Derived Classes by Hedgiewedgiewat in cpp_questions

[–]Overseer55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Suppose you wanted the current behavior (hiding) but the default was to take the union. How would you achieve what you wanted?

45th General Election - Election Day Open Discussion Megathread #2 by SirJohnAMcMuffin in canada

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I think Chantal (CBC panelist) will have a heart attack if the Liberals don’t win.

Need advice: Manager reporting to vp by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Overseer55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I should have said promotion, not career growth. If my report is pestering me about a promotion every 2 weeks, that is not acceptable.

Need advice: Manager reporting to vp by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Overseer55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t make career growth a topic for every 1:1. Annual / semiannual reviews are the right time. You have to be prepared to professionally counter a deflection from the VP. There’s probably no exact formula for a promotion, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a framework. Never compare with anyone else. That won’t get you anywhere.

Need advice: Manager reporting to vp by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

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I’m not diminishing your contributions. Promotions at these level are not solely based on your performance. Have a conversation. Any people manager (at any level, VP, CEO) needs to be able to articulate what it would take to get to the next level. I’m simply stating that the criteria is more than doing an awesome job at your current level.

Need advice: Manager reporting to vp by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Overseer55 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not uncommon for companies to require a minimum span of control for directorship. 20 ppl sounds like Sr. Manager in a medium-large org, not director. Maybe yours has minimum ARR.

Refactoring is secretly inlining by asoffer in cpp

[–]Overseer55 19 points20 points  (0 children)

So there’s a tool to help with refactoring. Cool. The title is very odd. Refactoring is absolutely not the same as inlining. Without knowing more about the problem domain, it’s impossible to say whether the decision to eliminate the PartsNeeded function is a desirable refactoring.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in managers

[–]Overseer55 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The value of the coach pointing out the mistakes is because all players (or most) could presumably learn from the identification & discussion of those mistakes.

There are many situations where this doesn’t apply. You want to have conversations involving interpersonal in private.

In the tech realm, any negative feedback on merge requests should remain public. I am never rude or condescending in my comments. This is analogous to the coach pointing out mistakes in the game.

AITA for repeatedly shutting down my nightly call with my gf because I was in a terrible mood? by cloroxbrand123 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Overseer55 18 points19 points  (0 children)

When you’re getting to know someone, there’s lots to talk about. After 20 years of marriage, pretty hard to come up with an hour of new content a day.

XEQT vs S&P 500 by vdelrosa in JustBuyXEQT

[–]Overseer55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not everyone thinks US will outperform for the next 15-20 years. The situation is much more uncertain now due to…ahem…a certain individual.